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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






2. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






3. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






4. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






5. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






6. The higher the BMR a client has --






7. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






8. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






9. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






10. What function is vitamin D?






11. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






12. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






13. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






14. What foods have high quality protein?






15. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






16. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






17. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






18. What is normal albumin levels?






19. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






20. What is the function of vitamin E?






21. What does DASH stand for?






22. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






23. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






24. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






25. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






26. When does BMR decrease?






27. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






28. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






29. What is normal BMI?






30. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






31. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






32. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






33. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






34. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






35. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






37. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






38. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






39. What is the function of vitamin C?






40. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






42. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






43. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






44. How many calories/gram is protein?






45. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






46. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






47. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






48. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






49. Sources of fats






50. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?







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